Reflection in research practices: Using a Close Approximation Model (CAM)

As university-based educational researchers interested in school-based pedagogies around technology enhanced learning (TEL), we worked with various stakeholders during Covid-19 lockdowns, with...

What are the success factors for schools in remote Indigenous communities?

Indigenous students around the world experience poorer educational outcomes compared to their non-Indigenous peers. In Australia, this trend is particularly prevalent in remote areas (Guenther et...

Addressing teacher education recruitment in Wales: Two new paths to teaching

With UK nations failing to hit teacher recruitment targets, and more teachers leaving the profession, education leaders are calling out the risks this poses, such as an overworked profession...

How do female Muslim teachers manage the challenges of homogenisation and stereotyping in an educational context?

Introduction This blog post is based on my doctoral research. I look at identity and belonging in education; how female Muslim teachers (FMTs) respond to stereotypes in the classroom; and the...

Parent engagement in school curriculum: Whose voices get heard?

Image by Freepik School curriculum has always been a contested space where parents, teachers and policymakers expressed their often-divergent views on purposes of education. Such debates...

Identifying tensions between school readiness policy and teacher beliefs, knowledge and practice in early childhood education

This blog post is based on my recent article published in the British Educational Research Journal (Kay, 2023). Using data from semi-structured interviews with two teachers, the paper addresses...

Playing with Playmobil: Supporting undergraduate conceptual understanding in environmental and sustainability education

Playful approaches to learning are well established when teaching children, especially those in early childhood. But there is mounting research evidence about the value of playful learning in...

The role of language models in student learning and assessment

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Language models, such as ChatGPT, Google Bard, claude.ai and pi.ai, are artificial intelligence-powered chatbots that generate intelligent-sounding text when responding to user prompts. Students...

Effective reading instruction for students with specific learning difficulties

When it comes to teaching reading to students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD), one size does not fit all. Students with SpLD face a unique set of challenges that can make learning to...

Teaching Peru’s recent history of conflict in secondary schools: Exploring perspectives ‘at the margins’ and ‘from below’

For two decades between 1980 and 2000, Peru experienced a significant internal conflict, primarily involving the government and the ‘Shining Path’ terrorist group. This tragic period resulted...

Linguistic injustice in secondary school classrooms: The case of Tanzania

In Global South countries, the issue of students’ freedoms to learn in a language they know well has been a subject of discussion for many decades. In Tanzania, there is an ongoing debate...

Newly arrived refugee pupils: Educators’ knowledge, attitudes and practices

According to UNHCR refugee statistics, in mid-2023 the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide topped 110 million for the first time in recorded history. Children who are refugees or asylum...